WEST CHESTER, Ohio, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that it plans to release its first quarter 2013 financial results before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

AK Steel will also provide live listening access on the Internet to its earnings conference call to be held at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 23, 2013.Access to the webcast will be available from the home page of the company's website at www.aksteel.com. The webcast will be archived on the company's website following the call until April 30, 2013 and will be accessible from the home page.

AK Steel AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets.The company employs about 6,100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.Additional information about AK Steel is available on the company's web site at www.aksteel.com.

AK Tube LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 300 men and women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.AK Tube produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW) tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.Additional information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web site at www.aktube.com.